Helser shares credit for Jefferson Award with all volunteers
LIMA — Deb’s Dogs has been around since 2007, but Debbie Helser, a Lima resident, has been rescuing animals in Allen County for 25 years.
Allen County Met Housing awarded again for clean audit
LIMA — The Allen Metropolitan Housing Authority was honored for its financial accuracy and transparency Wednesday with the Auditor of State Award.
US lawmakers resume globe-trotting paid by special interests
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of Congress and their staffers rebounded from pandemic travel anxiety in 2022, accepting more than $6.6 million worth of airline tickets, hotel rooms and meals paid for by special interest groups.
Warren favors increasing FDIC’s deposit insurance cap
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for more U.S. deposits to be covered by federal insurance and demanding government probes into whether lax regulation fueled this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
Kessler Estates to hold wellness expo
LIMA — The Spring Fling, a quarterly senior wellness expo, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, March 20 at Kessler Estates in Lima.
Bluffton University to present ‘Quilters’ musical
BLUFFTON — Bluffton University will present the spring musical “Quilters” from March 30 to April 1.
Russia’s Putin makes surprise trip to occupied Mariupol
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September and a show of defiance after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges.
Lance Reddick, ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick’ star, dies at 60
NEW YORK (AP) — Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including “The Wire,” “Fringe” and the “John Wick” franchise, has died. He was 60.
Lori Borgman: Serving up delicious memories
I love dishes. I realize some people do not love dishes and cannot relate.
Chasing dreams: Local artists go from Lima to Nashville
LIMA — From photographers to songwriters and singers, Nashville, Tennessee, is growing into Shangri-La for people with big dreams from Lima and the surrounding area